The Uncommon DH Critic series brings one distinguished digital humanities critic to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus per year. While on campus the critic delivers a formal public lecture, while also having the chance to meet with a variety of DH faculty, staff, and students in various informal settings. This academic year’s critic is Lauren Goodlad (Rutgers).

At Rutgers, Professor Goodlad is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature. Professor Goodlad works in many areas, including nineteenth-century studies, but comes to UNL at a particularly timely moment due to her work on artificial intelligence (AI). At Rutgers, Professor Goodlad is the chair of a new interdisciplinary initiative on Critical Artificial Intelligence and is Editor-in-Chief of Critical AI (https://criticalai.org/), an interdisciplinary journal. Through Critical AI, she is also leading the organization of Global Humanities Institute 2024: Design Justice AI, which will be held this summer at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.